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Linux 4.1 Kernel Release Brings Performance Improvements, New Hardware Support

The Linux 4.1 kernel was released over the night by Linus Torvalds.

Linus noted in the release announcement that it had been a quiet week after he extended out the Linux 4.1 release cycle due to being on summer holidays.

Those unfamiliar with the big changes of Linux 4.1 can read our kernel feature overview.

Now we march on forward to Linux 4.2.